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If the law is on Getty's side, the law should be changed. Selling public domain content should be illegal if it's a digital work, as opposed to a printed book.
by eugeniub 8y ago
If the law is on Getty's side, the law should be changed. Selling public domain content should be illegal if it's a digital work, as opposed to a printed book. At the very least, it should be required that it's clearly labeled as public domain.
- ptaipale 8y agoDisagree a bit: selling public domain content is OK, as long as you don't mislead the customer and claim that you own the copyright. It's essential that the customer knows what he or she is buying (for instance, the actual value is in finding the relevant PD content).
- emilfihlman 8y agoNobody disagrees that you can of course ask for a delivery/handling/whatever bullshit fee. But the law should require that you mark that as such and that you must make it known that it is not a fee on the photo. Additionally it should be required that if you are providing access to photos for a fee, you need to let the buyer know it's public domain.